Remembrance Day 2016: a list of events in Calgary

Remembrance Day falls on a Friday this year and there are a number of ways to honour the men and women who have fought for our country.

Here is a breakdown of some of the events and ceremonies around Calgary:

Field of Crosses

Since 2009, the field along Memorial Drive west of Centre Street has been filled with white crosses memorializing over 3,000 southern Alberta soldiers who have died in battle since the Boer War in 1899.

There are sunrise and sunset ceremonies daily until Friday, and there will be a family-friendly Remembrance Day ceremony Nov. 11 starting at 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.. Global News will live-stream that service here.

There will be a few road closures to accommodate the ceremony Friday. The lower Centre Street Bridge will be closed northbound and westbound Memorial Drive at 4th Street will also be closed.

Burnsland Cemetery

Many heroes representing the Canadian Military and Royal Canadian Mounted Police have been laid to rest here. Join us for a free walking tour at 2 p.m. Explore the history and stories behind some of the non-Canadian units whose members are buried in the Burnsland Field of Honour.

Royal Canadian Legions

YYC Calgary International Airport

For those people travelling Friday there will be a procession and service in the domestic terminal at the YYC Calgary International Airport.

The Airport Pipe Band and Honour Guard will be joined by members of the Calgary Police Service, RCMP, Calgary Emergency Medical Services, Calgary Fire Department, Royal Air Force, British Army, Canadian Corp of Commissionaires, 604 Royal Canadian Air Cadats, Canada Border Services Agency and the United States Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection.